یالی

See also: بالي, بالى, تالی, تألي, and بالی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یالو (yalı)

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek γιαλός (gialós) (or from very early modern Greek), from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós).

Noun

یالی • (yalı)

bank, shore, brim of a body of water
Synonym: قیی (kıyı)
waterside residence

Descendants

Turkish: yalı
→ Armenian: յալը (yalə)
→ Bulgarian: ялѝя (jalìja)
→ English: yali
→ French: yali
→ Greek: γιαλί (gialí), γιαλή (gialí)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ја̀лија

Latin script: jàlija

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yalı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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